Children had the opportunity to enjoy ice cream while learning about the world around them Saturday with National Geographic.

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Updated: 7:29 PM CDT Aug 16, 2014

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WEBVTT ICE CREAM ON A HOT SUMMER DAY ISA WELCOMED SITE... AND WHILETHE COOL AND CREAMY TREAT DIDN'TCOST A THING TODAY ATCITY PARK... IT DID COME WITH A"PRICE" OF SORTS FOR KIDS...WDSUANCHOR LATONYA NORTON IS ON YOURSIDE TO EXPLAIN."I explore England a lot and thecliffs there and it's really,really beautiful there." AND 9YEAR OLD ELIZA WOODROW WANTS TOKEEP IT THAT WAY....SATURDAY AT CITY PARK SHE... ANDLOTS OF OTHER KIDS...ENJOYED A COOL TASTY TREATS....WHILE LEARNING ABOUT EXPLORINGAND PROTECTING THEIR WORLD ...IT WAS ALL PART OF NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC'S ICE CREAMEXPEDITION ... A CROSS-COUNTRYMISSION TO INSPIRE THE NEXTGENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS... "It's a really windy andchilly walk but yet it's reallypretty.""an explorer should be first andforemost a conservationist. Soyou explore a place you love itand you want to protect it."CALEB KRUSE IS ONE OF THREERECENT COLLEGE GRADUATESDRIVING THE BIODIESEL ICE CREAMTRUCK ACROSS THE COUNTRY...GIVING OUT FREE ICE CREAM TOKIDS ANDENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE WHAT'SCALLED THECONSERVATION PLEDGE. "Whatwe're giving back is we hope toreally inspire kidsto the great capacity that theyhold, inspire them to be anexplorer and that doesn't meansomewhere far away but justlooking closely at the worldaround them, But then also toprotect the spots that theylove.""My favorite place is to go toWashington DC when it'sChristmas.""These are the train tracks."EIGHT YEAR OLD MATTHEW GUITONLOVES TRAINS AND PLEDGED TOPROTECT THEM. "I'm reallyinterested in how New Orleanshas changedover the years." KRUSE SAYS HE'SCOLLECTED 600 PLEDGES FROM KIDSAROUND THECOUNTRY AND MANY WERE VERYCREATIVE..."I'm going to build a bug houseso I can study the bugs."A VIBRANT WAY OF SEEING THEENVIRONMENT THROUGTH THEEYES OF A CHILD... "you getfree ice cream, you get to helpprotect the places you love andI think it's great."ON YOUR SIDE, LATONYA NORTON,WDSU NEWS.FROM HERE.... THE ICE CREAMEXPEDITION MAKES IT'S WAYTO ATLANTA... THE GROUP ISFILMING A DOCUMENTARYABOUT HOW CONSERVATION IS SEENFROM A CHILD'S POINT OFVIEW.

Ice cream expedition promotes conservation

Children had the opportunity to enjoy ice cream while learning about the world around them Saturday with National Geographic.